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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Impresses / Impress usage
"he impresses" or "he continues to impress"
Is this a transitive verb and therefore the above usage is incorrect?
Is this a transitive verb and therefore the above usage is incorrect?
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It can be either transitive or intransitive, though the former is rarer, I think, except for that set phrase 'continue to impress'.
- It can be either transitive or intransitive, though the former is rarer, I think, except for that set phrase 'continue to impress'.
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It can be either transitive or intransitive, though the former is rarer, I think, except for that set phrase 'continue to impress'.
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thanks!
also the following sentence:
"it can be used grammatically correct both trans- and intransitively"
is that correct or should it be:
"it can be used grammatically correctly both trans- and intransitively"
also the following sentence:
"it can be used grammatically correct both trans- and intransitively"
is that correct or should it be:
"it can be used grammatically correctly both trans- and intransitively"
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Neither sentence is any good. You cannot isolate the prefix 'trans-', for one thing.
It is grammatically correct both transitively and intransitively.
It is grammatically correct both transitively and intransitively.
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